I wonder when Aaron Diaz, author and creator of "The Tomorrow Girl: Dresden Codak" will see the light and get his portfolio together, take it to a comic book company or an animation studio, get a work for hire job and then bitch like a stitched up witch when he gets laid off or his job is outsourced.

Charles, just think if this was an Animation Nation project. You could employ several people and boost the local and global animation scene.

I mentioned stuff like this years ago when crowdfunding was young.

One day I expect to see AN as a crowdfunding hub where projects can get funded and launched with no problem.

I'm writing a big ebook about crowdfunding which is a basic introduction with interviews with successful crowdfunders and owners of the crowdfunding sites as well as a practical exercise to allow people to test the waters.

Gonna be asking you and Chance to give your viewpoints on the industry.

Hmmm... I wonder if this artist should go on strike, or picket studios that are abusing work for hire artists, or pack up and move to Louisiana for a 6 month work for hire contract only to be let go after 3 months on a project he doesn't own.

Or go back to art school and assume massive debt and never learn the difference between a copyright or a trademark, never learn about contracts or starting your own business and only learn work for hire with no questions asked.

Or maybe he can submit his portfolio and work at a local animation studio for non-creative executives who take off in the afternoon to spend time riding their horses at the nearby equestrian center.

Or find a job in a union studio and work free overtime and attend union meetings only to have his suggestions for making things better shot down.

You're right Charles. Fans are becoming the new revenue source but in effect they always have been but not as direct as crowdfunding offers.

This process is going just where we predicted years ago. I used to find funding for people and with crowdfunding I don't have to. Especially for inventors! We're gonna see some inventions that will change the world thanks to crowdfunding.

So the success of this campaign and others pretty soon I expect to see YOU, Charles raking in the dough for real animation projects.